MLB WORLD SERIES: DIAMONDBACKS VS RANGERS

October 27, 2023

Bruce Bochy

Globe Life Field

Texas Rangers

Postgame 1 Press Conference

Rangers - 6, Diamondbacks - 5 (11)

Q. We're talking about Seager, he always comes up big in these moments. Have you ever seen him show so much emotion as he did tonight?

BRUCE BOCHY: We did see that same emotion in Houston. He might have turned it up a notch. It's harder to hit a bigger home run than what he did there, down two in the ninth. He saved us there. You could see it in him. He got everybody fired up, just a great job.

Q. You've had some great World Series wins. Where does this rank, especially for the shock value of hitting a two-run homer to tie it up and winning it with Garcia, who's just been phenomenal your whole postseason?

BRUCE BOCHY: It's right there at the top. It was a great game, entertaining game, great ball game. We had some chances out there, couldn't quite get that big hit. But late we did. We get the big home run.

Leo, gotta mention him, great job drawing that walk. You're hoping to get somebody on. And he did that for us. But that's right up there at the top.

Q. You have a comparable?

BRUCE BOCHY: You know what, I'd have to think. There's some big games we had, but I can think of a couple. But like I said, that's right up there amongst the rest of them, the top ones I had.

Q. Were you surprised that Seager got something to hit in that situation?

BRUCE BOCHY: Well, there was a guy on. We had some pretty good hitters coming up. It's hard to start putting guys on with a two-run lead. And their closer, he's really tough, really tough. So, no, I'm not surprised.

Q. Adolis, his penchant for the big moment. What can you say about him staying within himself, letting that pitch get deep and going the opposite way with it?

BRUCE BOCHY: He's done such a great job of that. We saw him in the last series. We saw him toward the end of the season. And he's doing such a great job of controlling his emotions, so to speak, where he's not over-swinging and he's staying under control. That's fun to watch when he does that.

Q. Can you speak to the job that your bullpen did for you guys tonight?

BRUCE BOCHY: Right. I can't say enough about what they did. I don't know where to start with all of them. Some of them hadn't been out there in a while. They rose to the occasion to hold them there.

You're down two runs, you want to keep it close and give yourself a chance to get back in it, which is what happened. And that's because of that bullpen.

We used a lot of guys, and they all came through for us. Terrific job. And I don't want to leave anybody out because they all did a great job.